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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1923
Page
3
The A L A campaigns to remove drunken drivers from highways cites sobering hospital and morgue scenes. It cites weekly arrest records, totals of 2358 convictions by Nov 1 1923, and calls for harsher penalties to curb crashes and preventable deaths among children and adults.
The Bristol Y M C A reports a record attendance this year as volleyball games with other associations are organized. The Junior basketball team traveled to Fall River to face their last Junior team and, despite a close, heavier Fall River squad win, Bristol was praised for clean play and teamwork. Afterward, players were hosted by Fall River Association and swam in the pool. The Bristol Y plans three January suppers and issues a Christmas greeting to members and friends urging spiritual renewal.
Christmas exercises fill windows with camel scenes as pupils prepare tree decorations. At Colt Memorial High School Principal Ralph R. Strong praises, while John Post Reynolds School hosts a packed auditorium program led by Cames R. Carter with Miss M. Theresa Pale directing music. Recitations and songs feature students including Frances Sousa, Stella Tortore, Vernon Munroe, Rose Petrosajo, Lillian Margo, Raymond Makowsky and Anthony Morra among others.
Santa Claus visited St Marys school during closing exercises. The upper grades joined in a final hour of merriment. The senior class presented Holy Night three part chorus and addressed the audience. Prizes were awarded by Rev Fr Gillan.
Junior members of the Bristol VY hosted a Friday social in Rockwell Hall with seasonal games. Stunts and Jazz music entertained. Secretary Degen spoke and ice cream and cake capped a well attended gathering.
Christmas afternoon dance in G A R Hall by Boosters Club. Christmas night dance in Naval Armory by Kearney Post No 6 American Legion. Weekly and monthly Bazaar dates listed for Bristol Troops Boy Scouts in G A R Hall from December to March.
Copper impregnated rope offers better durability against marine pests. The copper solution prevents tar-eating pests from damaging rope, while weighing less and costing less to apply.
A University of Pennsylvania professor reportedly solved a long-standing color psychology problem that resisted scientists for many years in a breakthrough related to testing color perception and responses.
The St Michael's Church program outlines a Christmas Eve service at 7 PM with carols and a rector address. Christmas Day Holy Communion is at 8 AM and 10:30 AM with a sermon titled Born of a Virgin. The choir and organist Walter H. Angell lead a festive musical service featuring classic anthems and hymns.
Christmas midnight and the following Sunday feature a service with processional 76 Introit Kyrie and Gloria in excelsis, all set to Gounod Messe Solennelle. Offertory 72, Sanctus and Agnus Dei by Gounod, hymn Silent Night, O Sacred Banquet and recessional 73. Musicians include organist Helen Church, cellist Mary Matheson, violist H W Boynton, and violinist Donald Matheson.
St Elizabeths Church schedules midnight Mass and 830 1030 am services with choral performances. Singers include Rose Paivo Joseph Xavier Lena Sousa Adrian Costa Raul Lemos and John M Sylvester directing the junior choir and organist Anna M Peters.
A schedule of Christmas services with masses at 7 30, 9, and 10 30 oclock. The 9 oclock service features a children's choir performing Silent Night and The City of David is Sleeping. The 10 30 mass includes Roswi gs Mass in F with an orchestra including Sisson Serbst Dwyer Velecca Morrissey. The choir along with soloists presents Adeste Fideles and Gloria Credo. Solemn benediction at 7 30 p m by Rev T J Gillan.
About six sevenths of China's population is concentrated on one third of its area. The remaining two thirds of the country total 4 000 000 square miles are comparatively sparsely populated.
A Bristol resident questions police enforcement of traffic safety for long timber loads and street air rifle use by boys. He cites a boy being injured by a shot, calls for action to remove the rifle, and reflects on Christmas significance beyond holiday bargain culture.
A reader laments Christmas sales dipping as a two hour electrical outage hits local merchants. He questions water company offerings on Mount Hope Avenue, and asks about sewer bid advertisements and low bidders, inviting more “wonder” notes for the editor.
In the American Legion bowling tournament at the YMCA alleys last Wednesday the Gardoons beat the Shieks three strings and No Bananas also swept three strings from the Trouble Makers. Thursday's YMCA League games saw Neverquits take two strings from Prudence in Class A and Congloms win three straight from the Sharks in Class B.
Lerwick, the Shetland Islands’ main town on the mainland, is a center of herring trade with many harbor trawlers from various nations. The archipelago features numerous lochs and vies in accessibility to the sea, as sea trout fill every voe with most lochs within three miles of the coast.
A brief, ironic quotation notes that most virtue rests on fear and questions why a man remains well behaved, citing Ed Howe's Monthly as the source. The fragment reflects a skeptical view of morality rooted in fear and social pressure.
In Brazoria county a single drill hole produced sulphur oil salt and gypsum, with one well pumping 100 barrels daily. A company at Wear Columbia earlier yielded 100 barrels per day for years before a sudden turn to a 2000 barrel daily gusher without warning.
A notorious quack proclaims he brought ease to disease and clears up suspicion of his role in the act in bacteria. The boast ties him once again to sensational claims and public concern over medical fraud.
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